The document discusses the history and development of museums from ancient Greece to the modern era. It begins with the Mouseion in Alexandria which was a center for research and collection of objects. It then covers religious sites and private collections that evolved into public museums during the Enlightenment. The document examines how museum displays frame our understanding of cultures through choices of objects, grouping, lighting, and other framing devices.

1. Encountering the MuseumReadings:“The History of Collecting and the Growth of Art Museums,” 4-14.Terms/Concepts:museum, mouseion, muses, treasury, pinakotheke, chapel, ambulatory, reliquary, wunderkammer, Enlightenment, white cube, framing devices, Monument List:Treasury of the Siphnians, Sanctuary to Apollo at Delphi, Greece, 550-530 BCE.

2. DomenicoRemps, Scarabottolo, 1675.

3. Hubert Robert, Design for the Grande Galerie in the Louvre, Paris, 1796.

4. ResnickPavillion, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).ArtistContextContextArtViewerContextWhereWhen

5. Defining the MuseumEtymologically: Our word museum comes from the word “mouseion” or “home of the muses.”

6. Denotatively: a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.

7. Historically: locations where the collections and riches of a kingdom or a single person are kept.The Mouseion:“The Home of the Muses”Baldassarre Peruzzi, Apollo and the Muses, 1514-1523.Erato = Love PoetryCalliope = Epic Poetry Terpsichore = Dance Melpomene = TragedyClio = HistoryThalia = Comedy Euterpe = SongPolyhymnia = HymnsUrania = Astronomy

8. Treasury of the Siphnians, Sanctuary to Apollo at Delphi, Greece, 550-530 BCE.

9. Treasury of the Siphnians, Sanctuary to Apollo at Delphi, Greece, 550-530 BCE.

10. PropylaiaPinakothekeTemple of Athena NikePropylaia (center), Temple of Athena Nike (right), Pinakotheke (Left). Acropolis, Athens. c. 450-430 BCE

11. Library at Alexandria, Egypt, c. 323-31 BCE.

12. Museum at Alexandria, Library of Alexandria, c. 323-31 CE

13. Museum at Alexandria, Library of Alexandria, c. 323-31 CE

14. The Middle Ages:Reliquaries and ChapelsRadiating Chapels and Ambulatory, St. Denis, Cathedral, Paris, France, 1145.

15. The Middle Ages:Reliquaries and ChapelsRadiating Chapels and Ambulatory, St. Denis, Cathedral, Paris, France, 1145.

16. The Middle Ages:Reliquaries and ChapelsChapelAmbulatoryRadiating Chapels and Ambulatory, St. Denis, Cathedral, Paris, France, 1145.

17. The Middle Ages:Reliquaries and ChapelsApse with Reliquaries, Ste. Chapelle, Paris, France, 1370 CE.

18. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”European Trade Routes of the 15th and 16th century.

19. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”MuseiWormianiHistoria, Italy, 16th century.

20. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”DomenicoRemps, Scarabattolo, 1675.

21. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”SchlossAmbras, Kunst- and Wunderkammer, 17th Century.

22. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”SchlossAmbras, Kunst- and Wunderkammer, 17th Century.

23. The Early Modern:“Wunderkammer”William van Haecht, Kunstkammer of Cornelius van der Geest, 1628.

24. The Early Modern:Private CollectionsRembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1658.

25. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicAshmolean Museum, Oxford, opened 1683.

26. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicThe British Museum, London, founded 1753.

27. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicThe Enlightenment Room, The British Museum, London, opened 1759.

28. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicThe Enlightenment Room, The British Museum, London, opened 1759.

29. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicThe Louvre, Paris, Opened to the public in 1793.

30. The Enlightenment:Pictures go PublicHubert Robert, Design for the Grande Galerie in the Louvre, Paris, 1796.

31. Almost nothing displayed in museums was made to be seen in them.--Susan Vogel

32. A Kuba woman’s wrapper, a Zande hunting net and a metal currency from Zairein the “Art Gallery Display”

33. A Kuba woman’s wrapper, a Zande hunting net and a metal currency from Zairein the “Art Gallery Display”

34. A Kuba woman’s wrapper, a Zande hunting net and a metal currency from Zairein the “Art Gallery Display”

35. Zande NetJackie Winsor, Double CircleA Kuba woman’s wrapper, a Zande hunting net and a metal currency from Zairein the “Art Gallery Display”

36. Framing Devices in MuseumsChoice of objects to display.

37. The grouping or separation of objects.

38. The categorization of objects.

39. The location of displays.

40. The design of displays.

41. The didactic materials.Museums “frame” our understanding and interpretation of cultures and historical periods.

42. Museum Displays Can…Tell a story.

43. Create relationships.

44. Contextualize objects.

45. Lend importance to objects.

46. Declare an object to be an artwork or an artifact.Navigating SpaceDaniel Liebskind, Hamilton Building, Denver Art Museum, 2011.

47. Navigating SpacePlan of the Hamilton Building and the North Building, Denver Art Museum.

48. Navigating Space:The White CubeResnickPavillion, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).

49. Navigating SpaceKirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, Denver, founded in 1980.

50. GroupingThunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, Ontario

51. GroupingLawrence A. Fleischmann Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.